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Claire · 14 answers · 3y

How would you feel if your child started dating their babysitter when they turned 18?

I've totally had this question on my mind before. a bit creepy but maybe kind of hot? but I wouldn't think it was hot if I had a kid and they did that.

I’d feel a tad bit of disgust thinking that they were grooming my child when I trusted them with him/her. I would definitely feel some sense of betrayal and anger.

Ugh these questions I STG I am getting a vasectomy ASAP 😛 Anyway I have to stick with my default position - I'd like to think no child I raised would let somebody in that position push up on them like that.. TBH by the time that's happening it's already too late to do anything about it, that has to be instilled from a much earlier age, there's also the possibility that they are closer in age to where it's not 'as' weird, like sometimes a 14 year old will watch a 10 year old, that would be 22 and 18 and I would live with that

“Seriously concerned” would be the understatement of the year. There are a lot of factors to take into consideration - mainly all the things Yeets said about how long they’d been baby sitting, the age difference, was my child groomed, how old were they when the relationship started etc etc. I’d need all the details. I wouldn’t be happy about it though. Not at all.

I’d feel betrayed and violated as a parent. I’d be very worried for my child but what’s the age difference? That’s the real question.

Depends on how good a babysitter they were lol, I'd hope they showed more than just good looks for my child to take that step, as it can easily be some fetish and not truly a healthy relationship. Not sure I would be ok with that as a Dad.

It depends on the age difference, how frequently I left my kid with them, and how much they'd been in touch since the days they were actually young enough to need sitting. Because I'd be concerned, you know, did the babysitter groom them? When did the babysitter start sexualizing them? If the babysitter was an adult, or much older than my kid, while they were babysitting them back in the day then I would be deeply uncomfortable and worried.

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